Telephone index



M. M. SHORE TELEPHONE INDEX Filed Jan. 20, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l STflkE anon/2257 M /V 0 2 67 R T U I W )Z M //J INVENTOR BY A TTOR/VEY Dec. 25, 1928.

M. M. SHORE TELEPHONE INDEX Filed Jan. 20, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W Y WW Yz fio %//WENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. .1928.

MORRIS M. SHORE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TELEPHONE INDEX.

Application filed January 20, 1928. Serial No. 43,252. I,

The present invention relates to atele phone index or directory of the type which. comprises a suitable number of cards, each provided with a lettered index tab and so mounted upon a support that any one of the ndex cards can be displayed when reterence is to be made to the names and telephonenumbers thereon. i Q

vThemain object of the present invention is to provide a'telephone index of the type mentioned in which theseveral cards are pivotally mounted within a case andare adapted to be swung from the latter when the reading matter thereon is to be displayed. 7 Another object of the invention is to so construct the case that it may be readily attached to a telephone instrument; 7 A further objectofthe invention is to providea connection between the cards and the case which permits'the individual cards to be conveniently mounted upon and removed .from said case. I i

A still "further object of the invention is to provide transparent envelop-like receptacles for the individual cards of the index, thereby preventing soiling of'the cards and also permitting replacing of the cards without discarding the envelope. 7

With. these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangementand construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion ofthe several parts and details of construction within the scope of the ap.

- pended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention. p

A few of the many possible embodimei'its of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the top portion of a telephone instrument having the improved index mounted thereon; Fig.

2 is a front elevation of said index with onev of the cards swung out of the case thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line IIIIII of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a front elevationof a modified construction; Fig; 5. is a side elevation of the said modification; Figs. 6 to 78, inclusive, are enlarged details of construction of themodification illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5; Fig. 9 is afront elevation of a further modification of the invention. Fig. 10 is'a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 9; and Fig.11 is anelevation of a modifiedindex card' 7 Referring new first to Figs. 1 to 3, iii-- elusive, of the drawings, the numeral. 12 indicates a desk-type telephone instrument of the well known construction. 4T0; this. instrument is attached, bya spring clip 13, an index case 14, the latter comprising, in

the embodiment (illustrated, a bottom portion 15, from which risesides16. The clip 13 is attached to the front, side of thecase: as appears from the several figures referred to. The bottom portion 15 projects beyondthesides of the" case, as indicated at 17 in Figs. 2 and3 ofthe drawings. In thecase 14 is mounted asuitablenumberof, index cards'l8, eachof which is provided with a; lettered index tab'19. The means for at taching the cards to the casecomprises a screw bolt 20, which extends horizontally through the sides 16 of the case adjacent one of the lowerfcorners thereof. With this bolt co-operates a nut 2l of any suitable construction. Each of' the cards is provided with a perforation 22, through which the said bolt extends. appears from Fig. 2 of the drawings, the tabs 19 of the cards project all above thej'front 1 side 16 of the case, the several tabs being disposed in two'rows and the tabs of each roivbeing staggered so tliatall of the same are exposed to view- The perforations 22. are provided in the cardsadjacent one of their. lower corners, and obviously ,all of the same are in alignment so that'the'screw bolt may beextended therethrough.

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' Normally the cards are all held withinithe case; If reference is to I be made to' the printed mattter displayed on any one o-ffthe same, the card is taken hold of by its tab and turned on the screw bolt into the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. \Vhen acard is brought into the position mentioned, one of its edges rests on the bottom extension 17 adjacent the screw bolt, the said extension forming a ledge to support the card and also a stop for limiting the i outwardmovemcnt of the card. 7 The construction illustrated in Figs. 4 to 8, inclusive, of the drawings differs from llU the one above described mainly in that pro- VlSlOIl lsmade for attachlng and detaching any one of the index cards to the case without withdrawing the pivot bolt from the lat' with the pin 23,and has a somewhat con tracted portion 28 below the said semi-circus lar portion. hen the index cards are disposed within the case, they rest with their lower edges 25 on the bottom 15 ofth'e case, as shown in Fig. 6 of the vdrawings, and the slots extend at an acute angle'to the said bottom. The cards may be shifted around the pivot pin 23 in the same manner as the cards illustrated in the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, th

contracted portions of the slots preventing accidental disengagement of the cards from said pivot pin. If it is intendedto remove a card from the case, the said card is shifted into the position shown {in Fig. 8 of the drawings, in which its slot extends substan tially horizontally. The card may then be moved in the direction of the arrowshown in Fig. 8, its material yielding sufficiently to permit the contracted portion of the slot to ride over the pivot pin. In order to insert a card, its slot is brought into horizontal position in alignment with the pivot pin and the card forced in a direction opposite to the arrow shown in Fig. 8 of thedrawings as far as the slot permits.

It" found necessary, clips 29 may be at-4 tached to one of the sides of the case, and in alignment with the said clips there may be provided an opening 30 in one of the extensions 17 of the bottom. These clips serve to hold a pencil or like instrument upon the case with its point 31. seated in the perforations 30. There may also be mounted a pad holder 32 on the case for receiving either loose'sheet s or a pad 3a of paper.

The modification illustrated in Figs. 9 and lOdifiers from those above described mainly in that its pad holder 35 is in the form of a spring plate 86, which may be made integral with the rear side oi the case. In this instance said case comprises also an end plate 37 to prevent the pad from falling out.

I Each index card may" be placed into a transparent envelop-like container 38, to pre vent the card from being soiled and to permit the card to be conveniently replaced. The container is somewhat larger than an individual index card, as shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings, and the perforations 22 are provided in the envelop-like containers only.

: lVhat I claim is V 1'. A telephone index comprising a cas- 'ing including a bottom and front and rear sides rising therefrom, a pin extending through said casing adjacent one oi its lower corners, a plurality of index cards adapted to rest on the bottom of said casing between said sides each cardbeing provided with a slot through which said pin is extended whereby said cards are adapted to be swungaro'und said pin, an extension onsaid bottom adjacent said pintorming a ledge on which said cards 'areadapted to rest when swung out of said casing, and a clip on-saideasing for attaching the same to a telephone instrument, the slot in each card extending from thatedge of the card which rests on said bottom when the cards is disposed within the sides otsaid casing upwards a't-an acute angle to said edge, the slot in each cardbein'g provided with a contracted mouth portion to prevent accidental disengagementthereof from said pin.

2.'rgtelephone index con'iprising a casing including a bottom and front and rearsides risingtherefrom, a pin extending through saidcasing adjacent one ofits lower corners, a plurality of transparent envelop-like containers adapted to swing around said pin, each envelop-like containerbeing provided with an index tab disposed above said casing when the container is located within said casing, an extension on said bottom adjacent said pin forming a ledge on which saidvenvelop -like containers are adapted to rest when swung out of said casing, and a clip on said casing for attaching the same to a telephone instrument.

Signed at New York, in thecounty of New York, and State of New York, this 24th day of December, D1927.

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